Velda
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 135 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,559since 1895
Velda over time
Rank among girls' names. Velda has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 |
| 1967 | #1,980 | 35 |
| 1966 | #1,859 | 38 |
| 1965 | #1,547 | 52 |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 |
| 1963 | #1,392 | 64 |
| 1962 | #1,266 | 76 |
| 1961 | #1,184 | 87 |
| 1960 | #987 | 118 |
| 1959 | #895 | 135 |
| 1958 | #916 | 126 |
| 1957 | #863 | 139 |
| 1956 | #792 | 156 |
| 1955 | #742 | 164 |
| 1954 | #824 | 130 |
| 1953 | #828 | 125 |
| 1952 | #906 | 104 |
| 1951 | #970 | 92 |
| 1950 | #948 | 89 |
| 1949 | #1,109 | 66 |
| 1948 | #919 | 89 |
| 1947 | #915 | 94 |
| 1946 | #942 | 78 |
| 1945 | #863 | 76 |
| 1944 | #909 | 71 |
| 1943 | #768 | 102 |
| 1942 | #734 | 105 |
| 1941 | #707 | 98 |
| 1940 | #683 | 103 |
| 1939 | #628 | 116 |
| 1938 | #609 | 126 |
| 1937 | #540 | 152 |
| 1936 | #575 | 131 |
| 1935 | #539 | 142 |
| 1934 | #564 | 129 |
| 1933 | #488 | 169 |
| 1932 | #528 | 154 |
| 1931 | #517 | 160 |
| 1930 | #536 | 160 |
| 1929 | #534 | 161 |
| 1928 | #525 | 175 |
| 1927 | #537 | 176 |
| 1926 | #597 | 141 |
| 1925 | #507 | 191 |
| 1924 | #594 | 155 |
| 1923 | #528 | 180 |
| 1922 | #639 | 131 |
| 1921 | #537 | 177 |
| 1920 | #501 | 191 |
| 1919 | #528 | 168 |
| 1918 | #526 | 175 |
| 1917 | #565 | 144 |
| 1916 | #602 | 125 |
| 1915 | #499 | 153 |
| 1914 | #470 | 135 |
| 1913 | #600 | 74 |
| 1912 | #576 | 70 |
| 1911 | #704 | 38 |
| 1910 | #610 | 47 |
| 1909 | #684 | 34 |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 |
| 1907 | #680 | 31 |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 |
| 1904 | #837 | 19 |
| 1903 | #680 | 24 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 |
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Velda! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Velda is popular in 1962
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#609 · 1 in 8,067
- Texas#1,022 · 1 in 13,819
- New York#1,197 · 1 in 27,229
- California#1,308 · 1 in 24,783
Best ever in a state: #92 in Wyoming, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #609 | 6 | 1 in 8,067 |
| Texas | #1,022 | 8 | 1 in 13,819 |
| New York | #1,197 | 6 | 1 in 27,229 |
| California | #1,308 | 7 | 1 in 24,783 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Velda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 523 spots in 1896 (#1,426 → #903)
- Biggest drop: 482 spots in 1897 (#903 → #1,385)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1914 at #470 (135 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 35 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1901–1948
- Highest: 1 in 5,641 girls born in 1914 were named Velda (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 22.2% of all girls named Velda (1,678) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 40 | #835 (1899) | #1,137 |
| 1900s | 242 | #649 (1908) | #766 |
| 1910s | 1,129 | #470 (1914) | #568 |
| 1920s | 1,678 | #501 (1920) | #550 |
| 1930s | 1,439 | #488 (1933) | #552 |
| 1940s | 882 | #683 (1940) | #855 |
| 1950s | 1,260 | #742 (1955) | #868 |
| 1960s | 582 | #987 (1960) | #1,652 |
| 1970s | 185 | #2,375 (1971) | #3,935 |
| 1980s | 95 | #4,978 (1980) | #6,745 |
| 1990s | 10 | #13,442 (1993) | #13,927 |
| 2000s | 7 | #12,408 (2003) | #12,408 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Velda in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 25,876 of them was named Velda, which outranked 83.3% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,258Octavia77
- #1,258Oralia77
- #1,258Paris77
- #1,266Velda76
- #1,266Coral76
- #1,266Cordelia76
- #1,266Emilia76
- #1,278Alva75
- #1,278Ivonne75
- #1,278Joetta75
Tied with 11 names at #1,266; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.